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US calls UN’s war crimes report on Yemen ‘concerning

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US calls UN’s war crimes report on Yemen ‘concerning

© Stringer, AFP | Yemenis dig graves for children killed when their bus was hit during a Saudi-led coalition air strike that targeted the Dahyan market the previous day in the Huthi rebels’ stronghold province of Saada on August 10, 2018. A Saudi-led coalition battling in Yemen on Wednesday dismissed as inaccurate a report by […]

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Syria: UN chief warns Idlib offensive may set off ‘humanitarian catastrophe’

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Syria: UN chief warns Idlib offensive may set off ‘humanitarian catastrophe’

UNICEF A child sitting at a desk in a school that was attacked, in Idlib, Syria. 2016. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Wednesday expressed deep concern over the growing risk of a humanitarian catastrophe should a full-scale military operation take place in Syria’s war-battered Idlib province. According to a statement issued by his Spokesperson, Mr. Guterres said that “any […]

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Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi ‘should have resigned’: UN chief UN human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein says Myanmar leader should have quit over army’s campaign against Rohingya.

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Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi ‘should have resigned’: UN chief UN human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein says Myanmar leader should have quit over army’s campaign against Rohingya.

Aung San Suu Kyi has missed several opportunities to speak publicly about the Rohingya issue [AP]  Outgoing UN human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein has said that Myanmar’s de-facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi should have resigned over her country’s military’s campaign against the Rohingya last year. Hussein told the BBC that her attempts to […]

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Italian doc slammed for saying migrants ‘should be drowned’ as they have ‘no human rights’

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Italian doc slammed for saying migrants ‘should be drowned’ as they have ‘no human rights’

© Global Look Press/ Ropi An Italian doctor, who is reportedly facing disciplinary action after saying migrants should be “drowned,” has been lambasted on social media, with furious commentators slamming her as a “hypocrite” and demanding her sacking. The doctor, from the central Italian region of Umbria, shocked the public when she posted on the […]

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colonialism Namibia Germany Africa Germany returns human remains from colonial-era Namibian genocide

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colonialism Namibia Germany Africa  Germany returns human remains from colonial-era Namibian genocide

© Kay Nietfeld/dpa/AFP | Berlin’s Senator of Justice Dirk Behrendt (4th from R) poses with Esther Utjiua Muinjangue (C), chairwoman of the Ovaherero Genocide Foundation and Namibian delegation members on August 27 at Berlin’s justice ministry. Berlin will return human remains on Wednesday seized from Namibia a century ago following the slaughter of indigenous peoples […]

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South Korea, US: allies no longer? By Oh Young-jin

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South Korea, US: allies no longer? By Oh Young-jin

U.S. President Donald Trump holds up a red card as he meets with FIFA President Gianni Infantino in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, U.S., Tuesday. Reuters What state is the ROK-U.S. alliance in? On the basis of a series of unilateral moves by Washington, it appears to be in so sorry […]

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Trudeau government brushes aside Trump’s threats as it returns to NAFTA bargaining table

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Trudeau government brushes aside Trump’s threats as it returns to NAFTA bargaining table

WASHINGTON—Brushing off U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats once more, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government returned to the North American Free Trade Agreement bargaining table on Tuesday with only praise for the preliminary deal the U.S. and Mexico made without Canada. Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said Mexico’s “significant concessions” on automotive manufacturing and labour would benefit Canadian […]

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Russia to hold biggest war games since Cold War NATO to monitor Russia’s September drill of 300,000 troops, 1,000 aircraft, two naval fleets and all its airborne units.

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Russia to hold biggest war games since Cold War NATO to monitor Russia’s September drill of 300,000 troops, 1,000 aircraft, two naval fleets and all its airborne units.

The Vostok-2018 war exercise will take place in central and eastern Russia next month [File: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters] Russia will hold its biggest war games in nearly four decades next month, a massive military exercise that will also involve the Chinese and Mongolian armies. The September 11-15 manoeuvres will involve almost 300,000 troops, more than 1,000 […]

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Trump warns of ‘violence’ from the left if Republicans lose midterms, report says

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Trump warns of ‘violence’ from the left if Republicans lose midterms, report says

President Donald Trump speaks during a dinner for evangelical leaders in the State Dining Room of the White House, Monday, Aug. 27, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo) U.S. President Donald Trump warned Christian leaders that if Republicans lose control of Congress in the midterm elections, Democrats will institute change “quickly and violently,” The New York […]

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First Women’s Car Exhibition and Forum launched in Jeddah

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First Women’s Car Exhibition and Forum launched in Jeddah

Prince Khalid Bin Sultan Al-Faisal toured the exhibition area where he was introduced to the latest model of cars. (Saudi Gazette) Prince Khalid Bin Sultan Al-Faisal, president of the Saudi Federation of Motor Sports and Motorcycles, called on Saudi women to invest in the great transformation witnessed by the Saudi society today. He made his […]

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